I Don't Need Any Religion, Wole Soyinka Declares

Nobel Prize-winning author, Wole Soyinka, has stated that he does not have a need for any religion and does not worship any deity.

 

He said at the public presentation of his two-volume collection of essays on Sunday.

Soyinka admitted that he is a mythologist and also believes that people have a right to create myths around themselves based on their experiences.

He said, “Do I really need one (religion)? I have never felt I needed one. I am a mythologist. I believe that people have a right and cannot help creating mythologies around themselves,

around their experiences about what they project from the inner recesses of their minds as answers to questions.

 

“And so I find nothing wrong with utilising mythologies as part and parcel of my creative warehouse.

"But religion? No I don’t worship any deity. But I consider deities as creatively real and therefore my companions in my journey in both the real world and the imaginative world.”

Arsenal Celebrate Players As World Cup Begins

Football club, Arsenal, has celebrated some of its players as they don their various countries' jerseys to play in the World Cup.Arsenal shared a photo collage of their players in the World Cup on their Twitter handle on Sunday.

The club captioned the photo, “Ten Gunners. Seven Nations. One Arsenal. Even when we’re apart, we remain as one family.”

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FIFA Bans Harry Kane From Wearing 'OneLove' Armband

World Football body, FIFA, has banned England skipper, Harry Kane, from wearing the 'OneLove' armband during the ongoing World Cup in Qatar.FIFA has strict rules about apparel that can be worn by players and the armband is not allowed under the code.

Unless FIFA backtracks, Kane could face an immediate yellow card this afternoon if he walks out wearing the 'OneLove' armband as England take on Iran in their opening match. And if he wears it again in their second match, the skipper could be slapped with another yellow card, automatically banning him from the third game, reports UK Daily Mail

The armband is designed to show solidarity with minority groups that are criminalised in the host nation.

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Nigerian First Lady, Aisha Buhari Rushed To Hospital

Aisha Buhari Rushed To Hospital Over Leg Fracture

The First Lady Aisha Buhari has been rushed to an Abuja hospital (name withheld) after suffering a leg fracture at the weekend, DAILY NIGERIAN can exclusively report.Detail of the incident leading to the injury is still sketchy as sources simply said “she fell down and suffered leg fracture”.

Prior to the incident, DAILY NIGERIAN gathered the first lady is billed to host a wedding reception in honour of Bilkisu Rimi, the daughter of Nigerian Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, UAE, Mohammed Rimi, on Sunday night at the Presidential Villa.

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38 Parents Of Missing Chibok Girls Die In Three Years

The president of the Missing Chibok Girl’s Parent Association, Yakubu Nkeki, has said that 38 parents of the missing girls have died in the first three years of the incident.He made this known at an art exhibition whichheld in Ikoyi, Lagos on Saturday.

Nkeki said, “It’s not a small test for Chibok families. I want to share with you, almost 38 parents died, refused to eat, no help rendered to them during the first, second and third years of these girls in captivity.

It gives me a tough time to organise the families and get together, you know we are from different locations in Chibok Local Government.

I have to use a bicycle and ride almost 50km to see some of the parents.”

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Ex-Transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi, Bags Law Degree at Baze University

Former Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has earned a law degree at Baze University, Abuja, Federal Capital Territory.

At Base's 9th Convocation Ceremony on 19/11/2022, Amaechi, a former governor of the Rivers State, was awarded a Bachelor of Law, LL.B Degree. This feat is coming 35 years after the prolific politician earned his first degree in English Literature from the University of Port Harcourt.

Baze University also graduated 503 other students in various fields of study, having not only successfully passed their examinations but also found worthy in learning and character by the authorities of the school.

Amaechi had his early education at St Theresa’s Primary School from 1970 to 1976, earned his West African Senior School Certificate in 1982 after attending Government Secondary School Okolobiri.

Amaechi received a Bachelor of Arts degree (Honours) in English Studies and Literature from the University of Port Harcourt in 1987, where he was the President of the National Union of Rivers State Students (NURSS).

He completed the mandatory National Youth Service Corps in 1988, and thereafter joined Pamo Clinics and Hospitals Limited owned by Peter Odili, where he worked until 1992

Defence Ministry Disowns N11 Billion Insertion In 2023 Budget

There was a mild scene at the upper legislative chamber, the Senate when the Ministry of Defence through the minister, Major General Bashir Magashi (RTD) and the Parmanent Secretary, Dr.Ibrahim Kana disowned over N11 billion allegedly inserted into the proposed 2023 budget of the ministry.

This scene began when the Senate Committee on Defence uncovered this allegedly insertion during the defence of the proposal for spending estimates presented to it by the ministry including it's minister and other officials.

This alleged insertion detected by the vice chairman of the committee, Senator Itsifanus Gyang, comprises of N8.6 billion earmarked for procurement of military hardwares/ equipment and N2.25billion for Safe School Initiatives. Commenting on the development, Gyang stated that “Hon Minister, in the proposed 2023 budget of your Ministry N8.6billion is discovered to have been allocated for purchase of military hardwares and N2.25billion for Safe School Initiatives.

“The two items, when critically viewed, were not supposed to be in the Ministry’s budget since hardware procurements are done by the Army, Navy and Air Force and Safe School Initiative by the Federal Ministry of Education. These to us are duplications of budgetary votes which require explanations from you.” Responding to the query, the Minister sought for permission of the Committee for the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Dr Ibrahim Abubakar Kana, to respond.

Kana told the committee that the sums were inserted into the ministry’s budget by the Minister of Finance and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed. “The two budgetary votes were not initiative of the Ministry. The Ministry of Finance and National Planning put them there,” he said.